Copyright Battles Over City Council Videos
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 11, 2025
As the maxim goes, all politics are local. A corollary is that few political disputes are as nasty or vitrolic as local politics. When local disputes devolve into total warfare, the parties grasp for any legal leverage against their sworn enemy. In those circusmtances, copyright law is an especially attractive tool to the pugilists, with its strict liability standards, amorphous fair use boundaries, high defense costs, and effectiveness of takedown notices.
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